Today’s Headlines
- Deb Hubsmith, Presente! Safe Routes to School Visionary Dies At 45 (BikePortland, Bicycle Retailer)
- Toll From Traffic Crashes in First Half of 2015 Cost $152 Billion (Claims Journal)
- WaPo Wonkblog Maps 38 Million Long-Distance Commutes
- Gov. Brown to California Legislature: Deal With Transpo Funding (AP, LandLine)
- Phoenix, Cleveland Tell Albuquerque Transit Has Been Transformative; You Should Try It (BizJournal)
- Phoenix Light Rail Will Be Important to Millennials (AZ Central)
- Ten Years After Katrina, New Orleans Transit Still Struggling (Grist)
- Miami Plans Three BRT Corridors (Herald)
- Active Trans Wants a Light Rail Line Connecting O'Hare and Midway (Curbed)
- To Fund Transportation, Detroit Wants to Collect Income Taxes From Residents Working in Burbs (Crains)
- Activating Public Space Under Elevated Roadways (Urban Omnibus)
- How Detours Turn Roadways Into Dangerous Interstates (WISHTV)
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